The artificial collection contains materials created by musicians and poets of Martha's Vineyard, predominately from the 19th century when many artists gathered in Cottage City (now Oak Bluffs) to live and work together.

Scope and Content of Collection

The artificial collection contains correspondence, handbooks, newspaper clippings, poems, sheet music, songs, and songbooks from poets and musicians who worked and resided on Martha's Vineyard, predominately in the 19th century. The bulk of the material was produced at Cottage City (now Oak Bluffs) where artists, writers, and musicians came to live and work together as a community.
There are original manuscripts and transcripts of works throughout the collection.

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by title of work when apparent, then chronologically, and ending with unidentified works.